| A | B |
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| medical asepsis | techniques used to prevent the spread of infection |
| PPE | personal protective equipment |
| biohazard waste | items that have been contaminated with body fluids |
| surgical asepsis | techniques used to prevent microbes from entering the patient's body |
| sterile field | an area free of microbes that is used as a work area |
| sanitation | scrubbing equipment with soap and water |
| disinfection | spraying or soaking equipment in products that reduce or destroy pathogens |
| pathogen | a microbe that causes infection |
| sterilization | eliminates all microbes including spores |
| spores | hard shell surrounding some microbes can only be destroyed by sterilization |
| autoclave | steam under pressure/most common form of sterilization of equipment |
| chemical/cold sterilization | used for equipment that can't tolerate heat |
| infection | the presence of a pathogen on or in the body |
| reservoir | a person or equipment that carries a microorganism |
| portal of exit | a way out of a reservoir |
| portal of entry | a way into a host |
| modes of transmission | ways in which a microbe travels from one place to another |
| susceptible host | a person capable of developing an infection |
| OSHA | occupational safety and health administration |
| catagory I task | procedures that expose you to blood or body fluids |
| catagory II task | procedures that do not usually involve risk but precautions may be taken |
| catagory III task | procedures that involve no exposure to blood or body fluids |
| exposure incident | when an employee has been exposed ( come in contact with ) blood or body fluids |
| CHP | chemical hygiene plan |
| MSDS | material safety data sheets |
| universal/standard precautions | special care taken when caring for patients that assumes that all patients blood and body fluids are infected |
| blood-borne pathogen standard | guidelines developed by the CDC about how to handle and dispose of infectious waste |
| blood borne pathogens | pathogens that are carried in the host's blood |
